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<td>These prices are "about normal" for good, high-quality safety gear that's not extravagant or overpriced. </td>

<td> These prices are "about normal" for good, high-quality safety gear that's not extravagant or overpriced. </td>

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<td> This is for normal production items; you can always pay thousands of dollars for custom manufacture, gold inlay, custom graphics, etc.

<td> This is for normal production items; you can always pay thousands of dollars for custom manufacture, gold inlay, custom graphics, etc. </td>

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I like to tell people that they should budget $1000 for safety gear when they buy a motorcycle. That is, they should have $1000 in their hand that they intend to spend on safety gear. This prevents them from doing something silly like "saving $50" by skimping on a piece of gear that's a lot safer for just $50 more.

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However, the point is obvious. Steve, who spent some good money initially, ended up with little financial liability from his crash. Carl, who didn't want to spend much money on safety gear, ended up spending a good chunk of the next few years paying off his medical bills. An ounce of prevention, in this case, is worth hundreds of pounds of cure.

And, of course, this strictly-numbers analysis doesn't look at what happens to a person who has to endure that kind of pain for 4-5 months. It doesn't examine the mental problems that could develop, or the strain on relationships with other people, or the fact that Carl chose to never ride a bike again ~~as being~~ far too dangerous -- he considers himself lucky (and rightly so) that he didn't die in that accident.

And, of course, this strictly-numbers analysis doesn't look at what happens to a person who has to endure that kind of pain for 4-5 months. It doesn't examine the mental problems that could develop, or the strain on relationships with other people, or the fact that Carl chose to never ride a bike again because it's far too dangerous; he considers himself lucky (and rightly so) that he didn't die in that accident.

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-<td> This is for normal production items; you can always pay thousands of dollars for custom manufacture, gold inlay, custom graphics, etc.
+<td> This is for normal production items; you can always pay thousands of dollars for custom manufacture, gold inlay, custom graphics, etc. </td>
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 I like to tell people that they should budget $1000 for safety gear when they buy a motorcycle. That is, they should have $1000 in their hand that they intend to spend on safety gear. This prevents them from doing something silly like "saving $50" by skimping on a piece of gear that's a lot safer for just $50 more.
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 However, the point is obvious. Steve, who spent some good money initially, ended up with little financial liability from his crash. Carl, who didn't want to spend much money on safety gear, ended up spending a good chunk of the next few years paying off his medical bills. An ounce of prevention, in this case, is worth hundreds of pounds of cure.
-And, of course, this strictly-numbers analysis doesn't look at what happens to a person who has to endure that kind of pain for 4-5 months. It doesn't examine the mental problems that could develop, or the strain on relationships with other people, or the fact that Carl chose to never ride a bike again as being far too dangerous -- he considers himself lucky (and rightly so) that he didn't die in that accident.
+And, of course, this strictly-numbers analysis doesn't look at what happens to a person who has to endure that kind of pain for 4-5 months. It doesn't examine the mental problems that could develop, or the strain on relationships with other people, or the fact that Carl chose to never ride a bike again because it's far too dangerous; he considers himself lucky (and rightly so) that he didn't die in that accident.
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